DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	1,600	690	$28.44/hr	$0.68/hr	$14.19/hr	$20.48/hr	$26.51/hr	$34.79/hr	$44.65/hr
U S	95,970	1,631	$34.93/hr	$0.35/hr	$15.84/hr	$21.47/hr	$29.81/hr	$41.65/hr	$59.40/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Editors Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Professional and Business Services 150 $29.08/hr Education and Health Services 140 $30.79/hr Other Services 70 $33.41/hr Public Administration 30 $26.05/hr Financial Activities 30 $39.30/hr Leisure and Hospitality 30 $27.24/hr Manufacturing 10 $27.77/hr

Other Regional Data For Editors Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change 2022 - 2032 Minnesota 1,600 $26.51/hr -5.0% Central Minnesota 90 $22.18/hr -9.2% Southwest Minnesota 80 $22.24/hr -12.2% Northeast Minnesota 80 $18.90/hr -12.0% Northwest Balance of State 70 $21.15/hr N/A Northwest Minnesota 70 $20.49/hr -13.5% Duluth MN-WI MSA 70 $18.80/hr N/A Southeast Minnesota 60 $22.18/hr -12.1% Southwest Balance of State 50 $21.06/hr N/A Southeast Balance of State 40 $23.29/hr N/A St Cloud MN MSA 30 $22.78/hr N/A Northeast Balance of State 10 $18.74/hr N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Rochester MN MSA N/A $18.47/hr N/A Fargo ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN N/A $28.34/hr -2.0% Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA N/A $28.02/hr N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change 2022 - 2032
Technical Writers	1,250	$32.58/hr	5.9%
Writers and Authors	860	$30.19/hr	2.6%

• Plans and prepares page layouts to position and space articles and photographs or illustrations.
• Reads and evaluates manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confers with authors regarding changes or publication.
• Writes and rewrites headlines, captions, columns, articles, and stories to conform to publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.
• Confers with management and editorial staff members regarding placement of developing news stories.
• Reviews and approves proofs submitted by composing room.
• Arranges topical or alphabetical list of index items, according to page or chapter, indicating location of item in text.
• Compiles index cross references and related items, such as glossaries, bibliographies, and footnotes.
• Selects local, state, national, and international news items received by wire from press associations.
• Verifies facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
• Selects and crops photographs and illustrative materials to conform to space and subject matter requirements.
• Reads copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax, and indicates corrections, using standard proofreading and typesetting symbols.
• Determines placement of stories based on relative significance, available space, and knowledge of layout principles.
• Reads material to determine items to be included in index of book or other publication.